identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
BC6CF939EE06FFF4FF44FA16B085F884.text	BC6CF939EE06FFF4FF44FA16B085F884.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ochthebiinae Thomson 1859	<div><p>Key to the species of Ochthebiinae of Venezuela</p> <p>1 Pronotum with prominent lobe-shaped anterior angles,; foveae well developed and deep (Fig. 1A). Aedeagus (Fig. 2A) with the main piece bifid; parameres longer than main piece...................... Gymnochthebius fossatus (LeConte)</p> <p>- Pronotum without lobate anterior angles; foveae shallow (Fig. 1B,C). Aedeagus with the main piece single; parameres shorter than main piece (Fig. 2B,C)............................................................................................................ 2</p> <p>2 Pronotum (Fig. 1B) with the anterior and posterior foveae united forming a sinuate line; anterior margin without postocular tooth. Aedeagus (ventral view) with the distal lobe subcylindrical, slightly widened near the apex (Fig. 2B).................................................................................................................................... Ochthebius lineatus LeConte</p> <p>- Pronotum (Fig. 1C) with the anterior and posterior foveae not externally united; with postocular tooth in the pronotal anterior margin. Aedeagus (ventral view) with the distal lobe apically arcuate (Fig. 2C)..................................................................................................................................................................................... Ochthebius atrittus LeConte</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC6CF939EE06FFF4FF44FA16B085F884	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Valladares, Luis F.;Short, Andrew Edward Z.	Valladares, Luis F., Short, Andrew Edward Z. (2011): Revision of the Ochthebiinae of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 3021: 63-68
BC6CF939EE07FFF6FF44FF7EB6A9FED0.text	BC6CF939EE07FFF6FF44FF7EB6A9FED0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gymnochthebius fossatus (LeConte 1855)	<div><p>Gymnochthebius fossatus (LeConte, 1855)</p> <p>Figs. 1A, 2A, 3B, 4A–C.</p> <p>Material examined (48). VENEZUELA: Barinas State: 10 km NE Barinas, 23.ii.1969, leg. P. &amp; P. Spangler (1 ex., USNM). Falcón State: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-69.21848&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.4487" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -69.21848/lat 11.4487)">SE of Tocopero</a>, 11°26.922' N, 69°13.109' W, 12 m, puddle in roadside ditch, 10.vii.2010, leg. A. Short, G. Gustafson, J. Camacho, VZ09-0710-03C (2 exs., MIZA); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-69.66853&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.436916" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -69.66853/lat 11.436916)">Médanos de Coro</a>, 11°26.215' N, 69°40.112' W, 8 m, pond in dunes, 9.vii.2010, leg. A. Short &amp; W. Shepard, VZ09-0709-03Z (1 ex., CVL). Guárico State: [N. of] San Fernando de Apure, 12.ii.1969, leg. P. &amp; P. Spangler (9 exs., MCZ, USNM); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-67.369934&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.399683" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -67.369934/lat 9.399683)">Road</a> between Dos Caminos and Calabozo, 9°23.981'N, 67°22.196'W, 140 m, muddle pool along road, 10.ix.2007, leg. A. Short, AS-07-001 (1 ex., MIZA); N. of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-66.99325&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.113234" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -66.99325/lat 9.113234)">Palenque</a>, 9°6.794'N, 66°59.595'W, 152 m, stream margins, 8.i.2009, leg. A. Short, M. García, J. Camacho, K. Miller, L. Joly, VZ 09-0108-03X (8 exs., MIZA, CVL); Between San Juan and Dos Caminos, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-67.35335&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.772017" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -67.35335/lat 9.772017)">Río San Antonio</a> (at overpass), 9°46.321'N, 67°21.201'W, 255 m, 4.ii.2010, pool in streambed, leg. A. Short, M. García, L. Joly, VZ10-0204-02A (13 exs., MIZA, SEMC). Sucre State: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-63.103615&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.50125" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -63.103615/lat 10.50125)">Finca Vuelta Larga</a>, 10°30.075'N, 63°06.217'W, 10 m, mud puddle in road with detritus, 29.i.2010, leg. A. Short, M. García, &amp; L. Joly, VZ10-0129-03A (13 exs., MIZA); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-62.585815&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.5922" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -62.585815/lat 10.5922)">Nr. Irapa</a>, river crossing at highway, 10°35.532'N, 62°35.149'W, 14 m, mud puddles near river, 30.i.2010, leg. A. Short, M. García, &amp; L. Joly, VZ10-0130-02A (1 ex., MIZA).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Habitus as in Fig. 1A. Length: 1.28–1.44 mm. Color: Head shining black; pronotum and elytra shining dark brown; legs and palps testaceous, penultimate (dilated) and last palpomeres darkened. Pronotum finely and widely punctuate; with anterior lobes more marked; median groove wide and starting near the anterior margin; lateral fossulae oval, anterior foveae round, posterior foveae oval and deep. Elytra with six rows of deep punctures between suture and humeral callus. Aedeagus (Fig. 2A) in ventral view with the median lobe and arc of the internal duct curved; main piece medially curved in lateral view.</p> <p>Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, U.S.A. (Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas) (Perkins, 1980; Hansen, 1998; Delgado et al., 1995). In a distribution map, Perkins (1980, fig. 92B) indicated the presence of this species in Venezuela (and the size of Venezuelan specimens: pp. 279), but no material from the country is listed in the Appendix of Specimens Examined. We have located these and reconfirmed these specimens in the collection of USNM (examined by A. Short) and MCZ (examined by P. Perkins); these are included in the material examined section above (Map: Fig. 3B).</p> <p>Habitat. This species was mostly found in small pools, often with muddy substrate. Some of these pools were in otherwise dried-up streambeds, but others were temporary, isolated pools along roads. Other collecting events included pools in sand dunes, and the margins of small streams. See Figs. 4A, B, C.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC6CF939EE07FFF6FF44FF7EB6A9FED0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Valladares, Luis F.;Short, Andrew Edward Z.	Valladares, Luis F., Short, Andrew Edward Z. (2011): Revision of the Ochthebiinae of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 3021: 63-68
BC6CF939EE04FFF0FF44F8F5B66FFE0E.text	BC6CF939EE04FFF0FF44F8F5B66FFE0E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ochthebius lineatus LeConte 1852	<div><p>Ochthebius (s. str.) lineatus LeConte, 1852</p> <p>Figs. 1B, 2B, 3A, 4A,C</p> <p>Material examined (151): VENEZUELA: Falcón State: E. Dabajuro, river at Bridge crossing on Rt. 3, 11°02.305’N, 70°38.467’W, 98 m, gravel and sand margins of river and associated side pools, leg. A. Short, G. Gustafson, &amp; E. Inciarte, VZ09-0708-01A (34 exs., MALUZ, MIZA, SEMC, CVL); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-69.66853&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.436916" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -69.66853/lat 11.436916)">Médanos de Coro</a>, 11°26.215' N, 69°40.112' W, 8 m,</p> <p>pond in dunes, 9.vii.2010, leg. A. Short &amp; W. Shepard, VZ09-0709-03Z (88 exs., MIZA, MALUZ, SEMC); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-69.94528&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.7939" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -69.94528/lat 11.7939)">Paraguaná Península</a>, ca. 1 km Santa Ana, 11 47.634’N, 69 56.717’W, 76 m, 10.vii.2010, leg. A. Short &amp; M. García, small puddle in dry streambed, VZ09-0710-02A (1 ex., SEMC); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-69.21848&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.4487" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -69.21848/lat 11.4487)">SE of Tocopero</a>, 11°26.922' N, 69°13.109' W, 12 m, puddle in roadside ditch, 10.vii.2010, leg. A. Short, G. Gustafson, J. Camacho, VZ09-0710-03C (10 exs., MIZA); same data but leg. R. Sites, VZ 09-0710-03S/1066 (1 ex., SEMC). Guárico State: Between San Juan and <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-67.35335&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.772017" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -67.35335/lat 9.772017)">Dos Caminos</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-67.35335&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.772017" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -67.35335/lat 9.772017)">Río San Antonio</a> (at overpass), 9°46.321'N, 67°21.201'W, 255 m, 4.ii.2010, pool in streambed, leg. A. Short, M. García, L. Joly, VZ10-0204- 02A (9 exs., MIZA, SEMC). Zulia State: Maracaibo, Universidad del Zulia, Lagunas de Oxidación-ICLAM, 26.xi.1994, leg. M. García (8 exs., MALUZ).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Habitus as in Fig. 1B. Length: 1.37–1.42 mm. Color: Head black with metallic reflections; pronotum brown with greenish metallic reflections; elytra and legs testaceous. Pronotum densely and finely punctured; external areas of anterior and posterior foveae united forming a sinuate line, internal areas of foveae united forming two transverse shallow depressions. Labrum of males with a tooth. Females with the anterior edge of the labrum straight. Aedeagus (Fig. 2B) in ventral view with the apex of main piece wide and the distal lobe subcylindrical, slightly widened near the apex</p> <p>Distribution. Canada (Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan), Colombia, Mexico, U.S. A (Midwest and western states) (Perkins, 1980; Hansen, 1998). New record for Venezuela (map: Fig. 3A).</p> <p>Habitat. Found in nearly identical situations to G. fossatus (LeConte) as described above (Figs. 4A,C). In addition, one series was collected in artificial lagoons for sewage remediation.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC6CF939EE04FFF0FF44F8F5B66FFE0E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Valladares, Luis F.;Short, Andrew Edward Z.	Valladares, Luis F., Short, Andrew Edward Z. (2011): Revision of the Ochthebiinae of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 3021: 63-68
BC6CF939EE02FFF0FF44FDDEB650FBBE.text	BC6CF939EE02FFF0FF44FDDEB650FBBE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ochthebius attritus LeConte 1878	<div><p>Ochthebius (s. str.) attritus LeConte, 1878</p> <p>Figs. 1C, 2C, 3A, 4A.</p> <p>Material examined (25): VENEZUELA: Falcón State: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-69.66853&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.436916" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -69.66853/lat 11.436916)">Médanos de Coro</a>, 11°26.215' N, 69°40.112' W, 8 m, pond in dunes, 9.vii.2010, leg. A. Short &amp; W. Shepard, VZ09-0709-03Z (25 ex., MALUZ, MIZA, SEMC, CVL).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Habitus as in Fig. 1C. Length: 1.51–1.56 mm. Color: Head shining black with greenish reflections; pronotum brown with greenish metallic reflections; elytra and legs testaceous. Pronotum with postocular tooth; median groove connected to anterior foveae forming an anterior transverse depression; posterior foveae also posteriorly united. Males with a variable tooth at the apex of the labrum. Females with anterior edge of the labrum straight. Aedeagus (Fig. 2C) in ventral view with the main piece narrow and the distal lobe L-shaped. The aedeagal morphology is quite variable in this species (Perkins, 1980). The aedeagus from Venezuelan specimens are similar to those from Florida and Brazil and quite different to those from the Caribbean Islands (Puerto Rico).</p> <p>Distribution. Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S.A. (Florida, Texas) (Perkins, 1980; Hansen 1998). New record for Venezuela (map: Fig. 3A).</p> <p>Habitat. The single collecting event for this species in Venezuela was in a small pool in the Médanos de Coro, a large expanse of sand dunes along the northwest coast (Fig. 4A).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC6CF939EE02FFF0FF44FDDEB650FBBE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Valladares, Luis F.;Short, Andrew Edward Z.	Valladares, Luis F., Short, Andrew Edward Z. (2011): Revision of the Ochthebiinae of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 3021: 63-68
